Soviet destroyer Otvazhny (1964)

Otvazhny was a Soviet Kashin-class destroyer built for the Black Sea Fleet during the 1960s. She sank on 30 August 1974 after a defective anti-aircraft missile launched during Black Sea Fleet drills ignited a fire which resulted in the explosion of the ship magazines.[1]

Soviet stamp depicting Kashin-class destroyer
History
Soviet Union
NameOtvazhny
Builder61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down10 August 1963
Launched17 August 1964
Completed31 December 1965
FateSunk in an ammunition accident, 30 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeKashin-class destroyer
Displacement4,290 t (4,220 long tons) (full load)
Length144 m (472 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft4.46 m (14 ft 8 in)
Installed power72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 gas turbiness
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement266
Armament
  • 2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns
  • 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles)
  • 1 × quintuple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 12-barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × 6-barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

References
  1. Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.

Bibliography
  • INRO Staff (1992). "The Loss of the Project 61 Class Antisubmarine Warfare Ship Otvazhnyi". Warship International. XXIX (3): 256–266. ISSN 0043-0374.
  • Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.


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